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    VISIONS IN GLASS 1926-62 BY CARLO SCARPA AT CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK

    Monday, April 17th, 2017

    The only single-owner collection of works by the Venetian architect and designer Carlo Scarpa ever at auction comes up at Christie’s in New York on May 4.  Carlo Scarpa: Visions in Glass 1926-1962, A Private European Collection encompasses around 90 pieces of Italian art glass. The collection provides an overview of the pioneering styles Scarpa created for M.V.M. Cappellin and subsequently Venini. In his collaboration with the two glassmakers and in particular with Venini, Scarpa developed a modern vocabulary for the century-old techniques of glass making and paved the way for the resurgence of the island of Murano as a centre of glass with a modern outlook. Trained as an architect Scarpa developed a range of new surface treatments and techniques, while being inspired by ancient Roman glass as well as Chinese works of art. Here is a small selection:

    UPDATE:  The sale realised $2.4 million, it was 80% sold by lot and 92% by value and many lots more than doubled initial estimates.

    Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) A Summerso Vase c1934-36 ($30,000-40,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE $40,000

    A Murrine Opache dish c1940 ($100,000-150,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE $235,500

    A Tessuto Battuto vase designed 1938-40 ($20,000-30,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE $40,000

    A rare Murrine Romane vase c1936 ($40,000-60,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE $175,000